Plants with antisnake venom activity - A review on pharmacological and clinical studies

Z. E. Selvanayagam; S. G. Gnanavendhan; P. Chandrasekharan; K. Balakrishna; R. B. Rao

Plants with antisnake venom activity - A review on pharmacological and clinical studies

Z. E. Selvanayagam, S. G. Gnanavendhan, P. Chandrasekharan, K. Balakrishna, R. B. Rao

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Abstract

In folk medicine a large number of plants are claimed to be antidotes to snake venoms. In this review the general methodology adapted in the investigations of such plants to evaluate their antisnake venom activity is described followed by the details of the pharmacological and clinical studies of various plant extracts and their active principles against different snake venoms.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	99-111
Number of pages	13
Journal	Fitoterapia
Volume	65
Issue number	2
State	Published - 1994
Externally published	Yes

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Pharmacology
Drug Discovery

Keywords

folk medicine
snake venom antidotes

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